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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1906
Page
7
Kris offers suggestions from today’s shopping scene highlighting a mix of practical and decorative items for wives. The piece notes the value of usable gifts that also serve as ornaments and observes the era’s emphasis on commerce and tasteful domestic purchases.
The Phelps Dodge corps of about twenty two men led by chief engineer Charles S. Henning arrived in Las Vegas on a weekend to select a survey route. They will camp for three to four weeks, conduct two to three surveys, and may begin construction soon after site work is completed. The team notes good shelter for winter and plans to avoid steep grades with a proposed mid line cutoff.
The President's special message on the Panama Canal was sent to Congress. The printed copy is a sixty page pamphlet with thirty pages of the message and thirty pages of an appendix. The appendix includes addresses to canal employees, Dr. Gorgas reports on night soil disposal, a land sale or lease report by W. G. Blord, wage scales from $170 monthly to 44 cents hourly, a sanitary death rite report, general statistics on deaths and accidents, and letters from Dr. Mixey and the chairman requesting actions.
A. T. P. Shonts writing from Washington argues the isthmus condition justifies inviting American laborers. The pamphlet’s diary of the Panama visit notes racial separation in Panama. The president praises workers, mentions Lakes, Poultney Bigelow, and compares Chinese and West India labor. Three major dam projects are outlined as the canal nears completion.
Independent reports heavy rains flood Mogollon with the Gila River washing banks and riverside lands. Damages include Syl Gamblin’s $150 loss, H W Johnson’s $150 home damage, and losses to Jack Lawsons woodshed and wood. Breakwater damage near Deep Town mill and Kerr property noted. Chance canyon road washed, Nin water along the Gila delays mail and suspends passenger and freight traffic for a week.
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